Tiger woods book and Centered Swing

[motteler621]

Was checking out this book "Tiger Woods; How I play golf" recently and found some good stuff in the book. He definitely had a solid swing with Butch when this stuff was written about.

Here's a couple paragraphs about the centered swing he had ever since a kid

"Think Long and Wide"

"I have two goals on my takeaway: To establish a very wide swing arc, and to shift my weight fully to my right side without sliding to my right. I try to extend the butt end of the shaft as far from my right hip as I possibly can, My shoulders turning to make it possible. You'll notice that my right leg is angled toward the target a bit even though I've clearly shifted my weight onto my right side ."

"The Most Common Backswing Error"

Shifting your hips laterally to the right just kills your backswing. If your right hip moves outside your right foot, you have to slide back to the left just to hit the ball. It's hard to time that move properly. Whats more, you've cut your power by about 50 percent, because a sliding motion on the downswing isn't anywhere near as powerful as a rotary unwinding of the hips and shoulders. This is something Ive worked on since I was a kid; it is an absolute trademark of my swing."

[rsamsing]

Thanks for the post.  I think i do this at times as far as shifting the hips.

[iacas]

Feel ain't real and pressure ain't weight.

Like Hogan, Tiger "feels" a lot of things he doesn't actually do. Putter straight back and straight through? Nope. Plus, Tiger clearly no longer feels the same way, and didn't feel exactly the same even under Haney.

Feel ain't real and pressure ain't weight. (See, I can bold things too!)

P.S. He's right about shifting your hips right. Good for him. We prefer people not to slide their hips right on the backswing too.